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SPECIAL EVENT
Wings Above Pensacola (bird migration) Class on March 21. Field trip on March 23. The Basics of Birding (beginning birding with shorebird identification) Two classes on March 26 and April 2. Field trip on April 6. Our Backyard Raptors (raptor identification and ecology) Class on May 1. Field trip on May 4. Each class will be held at the Pensacola Public Library, downtown, at 239 N. Spring Street. Experienced birders from the Audubon chapter will instruct the classroom sessions from 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Our Backyard Raptors class will start at 5:30 p.m.). There will be a field trip on Saturday from 2-4 hours following three of the classes. To register for a class or for more information, contact Mary Jones, Chapter Education Chair, brumarclyde@cox.net or 850-288-0488. To confirm your registration, send a participant contribution of $25 for each class. Please note on your check (payable to FMW Audubon Society) the class title and send to FMW Audubon Society, P.O. Box 17484, Pensacola, FL 32522 before March 19, 2019. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the West Florida Public Libraries or Escambia County. |
WHAT: Classes about bird identification and bird ecology.|
EXPERIENCE Enchantment. Exhilaration. Breathless rapture. No one at work understands when I explain the elation that comes with a great birding experience. You know the kind of moments I’m talking about, when nature “happens” right in front of you? Take, for instance, the latest field trip to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge this …more |
ENJOY The Bald Eagle? How did this magnificent bird, our national icon of strength and independence, come by such a seemingly inaccurate and inappropriate name? Condors and their kin are bald, and with good reason, but their names dignify them beyond their nature. Osprey, Kites, and …more |
CONSERVE When I was a Boy Scout back in Missouri, along with knots and campfires I learned about our National Symbol, our bold, proud, Bald Eagle. I saw his image everywhere, on posters, flags, even coins. But I never saw one. If the bird was so all-fired important to our country, where were we keeping them? Asking teachers didn’t help, they didn’t …more |
WHAT’S IN A NAME-THE BALD EAGLE
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